Avert : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Avert	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Avert
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
avert v prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" Synonym(s): debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered" Synonym(s): avert, turn away
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avert \Avert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Averted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Averting}.] [L. avertere; a, ab + vertere to turn: cf. OF. avertir. See {Verse}, n.] To turn aside, or away; as, to avert* the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? [bd]To avert his ire.[b8] --Milton. When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church. --Bacon. Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avert \A*vert"\, v. i. To turn away. [Archaic] Cold and averting from our neighbor's good. --Thomson.